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Tuesday’s Here

UPDATE; 2:07 pm PST -- Donors - 8; Total received $2,940The bargains of Black Friday are history,  the clock has ended for Cyber Monday deals.  Giving Tuesday has arrived and with it the opportunity...

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What Is White Supremacy? Part 1 of 2

I have never met a white person who freely admitted to being a white supremacist, and rarely will a white person identify someone who is a white supremacist (except maybe Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck).I...

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La Sierra University Film Professor Wins International Emmy

At the 41st International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton, acclaimed screenwriter and La Sierra University adjunct film and television professor Christoph Silber won for his writing in "A Day For A...

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Christmas Card Campaign For Three Falsely Imprisoned Adventists

Via the Adventist News Network: Seventh-day Adventist human rights advocates are urging church members worldwide to send encouragement in the form of Christmas cards to three members in prison on what...

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What Is White Supremacy? Part 2 of 2

This is the second article in a two-part series. Read part onehere.I usually avoid using the word “racism,” even if modified by the adjective “white.” This phrase obscures our situation, because it...

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Sabbath Sermon: Brian McLaren, "Rediscovering Christian Faith"

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Weep & Worship: A Conclusion

God is dead. God remains dead.These words that fueled a jarring theological movement have burned and etched a confusing and painful scar on the face of Christian theology; it brings with it...

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Highland View Academy Chaplain Dismissed Over Same-Sex Wedding

On September 13 at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington, two young ladies, Rande McDaniel and Britney Moss, joined in marriage under the state’s recently-enacted same-sex marriage bill. The...

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Ben Carson on Nelson Mandela's Legacy

Dr. Ben Carson, renowned Adventist neurosurgeon, talks to Fox News about Nelson Mandela's legacy and the lessons we can learn from his life. "We are not enemies. If we use our collective, skills,...

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Human Rights Day: Swiss Video Clip Portrays Religious Discrimination

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Switzerland published a movie clip on religious freedom in six languages. Using religious...

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Some Seventh-day Adventists Forge Ahead on Women Clergy

Last week, Religion News Service published an article by Adelle M. Banks about the internal disagreement in the Seventh-day Adventist Church on ordaining women. The article was picked up by the...

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The Fourth Chair

Every year or so, my two best friends and I get together for a long weekend of “just the guys.” We live in different states so it is a challenge to coordinate our schedules, family responsibilities and...

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Sabbath Sermon: Jon Paulien, "The Scandal of the Cross"

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Alex Bryan to Leave Kettering Presidency and Return to Walla Walla

UPDATED 9pm EST -- Just over six months after leaving as senior pastor of Walla Walla University Church and relocating to Kettering College as the school’s sixth president, Alex Bryan has announced...

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Sabbath at the Spectrum Café: Kung Pao, Then and Now

The upside to living in Portland, Oregon, is the plethora of food options. The downside to living in Portland, Oregon, is also the plethora of food options. When I was about 10, my dad, Newcombe Wang...

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Three Angles News - December 13, 2013

1. Adventist "Bible Boom" contest finalists from across the Inter-American Division competed in Cuba last weekend, with 20-year-old Jempsy Tisma from Haiti winning the competition and demonstrating...

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Waiting for Jesus...I Mean Superman

I grew up in a white, middle-class, fundamentalist Protestant community. As a result I learned to think of God as my Father, and Jesus as my savior, like a fairytale prince in shining armor or the...

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Beyond Credibility? Pushing an Evangelistic Film Series

Picture the scene: Pastors at a conference meeting are discussing Beyond The Search (2012), the $2.5 million outreach film series produced by Adventist Media Network, Australia.  "I wish I could be...

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Religious Libery PSA - Discrimination Destroys People

The Adventist Church's religious liberty arm, the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department, released a public service announcement video in concert with COMFILMS (www.comfilms.com) entitled...

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Sabbath Sermon: Philip Yancey, "Rumors of Another World "

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